To boost livestock, poultry MinDA asks Texas seed company: “Set up Mindanao sorghum nursery” The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has invited a Texas-based Sorghum Seed Production Company to support the agency’s Sorghum Development Program by establishing a nursery in Mindanao. Scott Seed Company, which in 2019 donated 25 metric tons of Sorghum Seeds to MinDA through the Davao del Norte Provincial Government, was asked to consider the setting up of a seed production nursery following successful field trials conducted last year. Coby Kriegshauser, chief executive officer The progress of MinDA’s of Scott Seeds, a family company established by Sorghum Development his grandfather, Ira Scott, Program, however, has in Hereford, Texas in been stunted by the difficulty and expense in 1946, has earlier invited shipping Sorghum seeds the MinDA Chairman to from Texas to Mindanao, witness the introduction of its new hybrid especially during the Sorghum seeds during COVID 19 Pandemic. Caraga INFOCUS
the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the company. In response, MinDA proposed to Scott Seed the establishment of a seed production nursery in Mindanao to boost the Sorghum Development Program of the agency September 4-10, 2021 |
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